Fluticasone and Fluticasone and salmeterol interaction

Lung function (mean forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV 1 ] or morning peak expiratory flow [AM PEF]), beta-agonist use, and asthma symptoms should be carefully monitored during withdrawal of oral corticosteroids.

Acute Asthma Episodes Fluticasone Propionate DISKUS is not to be regarded as a bronchodilator and is not indicated for rapid relief of bronchospasm.

Patients should be instructed to contact their physicians immediately when episodes of asthma that are not responsive to bronchodilators occur during the course of treatment with Fluticasone Propionate DISKUS.

If bronchospasm occurs following dosing with Fluticasone Propionate DISKUS, it should be treated immediately with an inhaled, short-acting bronchodilator; Fluticasone Propionate DISKUS should be discontinued immediately; and alternative therapy should be instituted.

In this situation, the patient requires immediate reevaluation with reassessment of the treatment regimen, giving special consideration to the possible need for replacing the current strength of Fluticasone Propionate/Salmeterol MDPI with a higher strength, adding additional inhaled corticosteroid, or initiating systemic corticosteroids.

Paradoxical Bronchospasm and Upper Airway Symptoms As with other inhaled medicines, Fluticasone Propionate/Salmeterol MDPI can produce paradoxical bronchospasm, which may be life‑threatening.

Effects of treatment with other fluticasone propionate and salmeterol inhalation powder 500 mcg/50 mcg, fluticasone propionate 500 mcg, salmeterol 50 mcg, or placebo on development of cataracts or glaucoma was evaluated in a subset of 658 subjects with COPD in the 3-year survival trial.

Conclusions about cataracts cannot be drawn from this trial because the high incidence of cataracts at baseline (61% to 71%) resulted in an inadequate number of subjects treated with other fluticasone propionate and salmeterol inhalation powder 500 mcg/50 mcg who were eligible and available for evaluation of cataracts at the end of the trial (n = 53).

The incidence of newly diagnosed glaucoma was 2% with other fluticasone propionate and salmeterol inhalation powder 500 mcg/50 mcg, 5% with fluticasone propionate, 0% with salmeterol, and 2% with placebo.